Our guide told us there was a museum of the carriages that took passengers up Mt. Washington, beside other things, behind the gift shop in the red barn. |
This is a 1918 Pierce Arrow, and is the only surviving, of the fleet of tour cars, that took passengers up the Auto Road. It carried seven passengers. |
We headed back up the road toward home and made a stop at Wildcat Mountain. |
We went to the ending spot to watch it for maybe a later date. The zipline starts on the other side of the buildings on the hill. |
Here are some riders that came toward us. |
This zipline is one that has seats that you sit in.It is called a ZipRider. |
They are coming in to the ending spot. |
The ZipRider hits springs that stop you with a springing motion. |
Then they bring steps over, so you can get down from the seat. The heavier guys came down fast, but the light weight and smaller girls came in a lot slower. Joe was not impressed and said it was just a glorified amusement ride. He did not think it was worth the $20's a ride. It is so hard to get Joe to spend any money. I thought it look fun. It can get up to 45 miles per hour. You can go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ged0yrHPM2c on Youtube and watch it. |
Next we stopped at Glen Ellis Falls. |
The trail takes you under the highway from the parking lot. |
It is a relatively short walk to the stream. |
There is a small pool , before it goes further down the stream, |
to the top of the falls. |
There are a few stairs down to the Glen Ellis Falls. |
The falls are 64 feet. All though information on the internet states, no swimming in the pools, there were swimmers there. |
We had seen many people coming back from the falls in wet swimsuits. |
We got back on Route 302, and drove west. |
Our next stop was at the Covered Bridge Gift Shoppe we had seen on our way to the Auto Road. |
The bridge was used for 80 years, until it was replaced by the steel one in 1939. |
The bridge was bought in 1965, by the resident that lived next to it. She had the 12' x 80' gift shop built inside the bridge. |
A look at the Saco River and the replacement steel bridge from the covered bridge. |
Looking out from the front door of the gift shop. |
The first resident turned her home into an Inn as well as putting in the gift shoppe. |
Now it is the Covered Bridge House Bed and Breakfast. The bed & breakfast and covered bridge, is owned by the fourth owner of this historic property. |
Back on Highway 302 and heading for home. |
It was a moose. |
Joe said I was the closest person taking a pictures and he was worried if I could move fast enough if the moose decided to charge. I told him I was hiding behind a tree and would have been safe. |
Besides it was just a little one |
It was a beautiful day, for a day that was forecast to rain. It rained when we got home. Thank you God , for a beautiful day! |
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